August 17, 2021. Western Head, Nova Scotia. Brunch at Lanes.

Several Sundays ago, I went to lanes for brunch with Fran and her sister Vera, who was visiting from Winnipeg. We three arrived at 11:45 to find the place almost full, but we had a reservation so were seated quickly. And we were brought coffee. Eventually we ordered our food. And we were given more coffee. The purpose of our meeting together was to talk. The food was merely an excuse to get together. So we talked. I had met Vera six years ago when Kelly, Frans husband died but I had not seen her since. And Fran had ben away when I arrived so we had a lot to talk about. After an hour of getting no food, Fran tracked down our waitress, who apologized. Evidently the cook called in sick in the morning and a substitute cook had to be found who turns out to be inefficient. Our food was going to take another 45 minutes to get our food. So we drank another cup of fresh coffee, fortunately decaf. We three just laughted about the delay. Our purpose was to talk and we were just given extra time. Fortunately, sister Vera was a well traelled lady so we talked about favorite places in the world. Eventually our food arrived which turned out to be delicious. And when we were finished, the waitress each brought us a piece of coconut cream pie, free of charge which pleased us all. Veras favorite cities are St.Petersburgh and Quebec City. "I could happily spend two weeks each year in those cities," she said. Finally they dropped me of at my home at 3:45. But we all three enjoyed our brunch even with all the delay. The whole thing was comical and we had fun.